A fascist dictator and Donald Trump now have something (else) in common: They both want to execute drug dealers. His position on opioids represents a slippery slope that could lead to even more extreme policies.
Deaths by drug overdose soared to more than 64,000 in 2016. Gun deaths totaled 33,000. This is not to discount mass shootings like ones in Parkland, Las Vegas, and Newtown, among many others, but comparatively little attention is paid to the opioid crisis, which is taking more lives many times over.
This opioid crisis is of unbelievable magnitude. Twenty-thousand people died of opioid overdose in 2016 — mostly from fentanyl. First it took Prince. Now it’s taken Tom Petty. Petty’s autopsy revealed.
Some groundbreaking investigative reporting by The New York Times reveals an astounding statistic about the growing opioid epidemic.
Prince — who suffered from incapacitating hip pain due to years performing in high heels — died from an accidental opioid overdose, the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office revealed Thursday.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 40 to 50 times stronger than pure heroin. Its purpose is to alleviate chronic pain, but a growing number of people are using it recreationally.
